Preparation:
Create the nuts finely.
Peel and boil the sweet potato (15 min.).
Let the cooked potato to cool down and mashing.
Add all ingredients together except the buckwheat flour.
Add as many buckwheat flour in to the batter and make a thick paste.

I made a batch of basic veggie mixture. Delicious fresh raw organic vegetables. Divided into portions and frozen. Convenient for everyday use, just add some ingredients and every day there is a lovely meal. And the stock saves a lot of work in the morning 🙂

In this case, I made the following mixture:

All colors are represented.

A big pot full of chopped vegetables.

That looks so healthy! Nice base for a delicious vegetable soup!

Divided into portions for later, when it is frozen, to take out the portions from the form and place in a Ziploc bag.

In the absence of forms, here some smaller Ziploc bags to put in the freezer.

Inspired by a recipe at Megan her blog ‘Parrot Foraging and Fun’ I immediately wanted to make a tasty snack for my birds. The recipe is adapted to the stuff I had in stock and it became delicious Birdie banana bon bons!

This week I enjoy to experimenting with the dehydrator. I make for myself as well for the birds some crunchy snacks. Whether you call it cookies, crackers or chips: we think they are delicious 🙂

I made two different batters.

The first crackers:
Sweet potatoes, carrots, flaxseed, buckwheat flour, olive oil, vanilla extract, allspice, nutmeg, a little sea salt and some water. This in the foodprocessor:

Spread on the sheet from the dehydrator:

And this is what they look like when dried (40C/115F 16 hours).

The second crackers:
Buckwheat flour, carrots, poppy seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seed blond, water, sesame seeds, some sea salt and olive oil. All this goes in to the foodprocessor.On a sheet in the dehydrator along with the first cracker. batter

Today I make delicious crunchy balls made for my birds.
They are totally crazy about the snack!
I make the crunchy balls with the ingredients which at that time I have at home.
I already have a recipe for crunchy balls HERE.
This time I I used the ingredients:
Spelt flour, Harrisons Bird Bread flour (Hot Pepper), mixed nuts, coconut flakes, jungle peanuts, sesame, egg, water, oats and guava fruit powder.

Kiko is curious and of course he come to take a look and play with the measure spoon 🙂

Mix everything together and then turn the dough in to little balls.

The balls goes in the oven (350 F) for about 20-30 minutes.
What a wonderful smell in the house as the balls are in the oven to bake 🙂

Tonight I make some nice crunchy balls for the birds. The idea comes from the organic foods & treats from Avian Organics food. Each time I make balls, they are different, since the ingredients differ.
Not all recipes are provided with measurements. I cook by estimation, you’ll pick that skill up pretty fast 😉

The result:
I taste it: it is nice 😀
The balls will stay fresh for a few days in a sealed container or in the frige. I like to keep it in the freezer. Defrost the balls before you gif it to your birds.

Tomorrow we will see if the birdies like to eat the homemade crunchy balls!